Jackson?s lawyer: His medicine may have killed him

Lawyer says he worried about singer taking so pills

By Anonymous

Thursday, June 25, 2009

The singer, who died late last night after going into cardiac arrest, was on heavy medication for a long period of time, and his lawyer says it could have killed him. Brian Oxman told Channel 4: "We do not know what the cause of Michael Jackson's death is but I do know that these medications are something that I warned about. “If it comes to pass what I think has happened here I am going to be very vocal and very critical."

Michael Jackson's lawyer says rehearsals for the tour put too much strain on the singer's body

Mr Oxman said he feared Michael could have started “abusing those medications”. Rumours have already started to circle online blogs that Michael may have died of an overdose. Mr Oxman also said that rehearsals for the singer’s 50-date O2 residency put a big strain on the singer’s body.

His lawyer also said he wasn't happy about how much medication Michael was on

He told CNN: ‘This family has been trying for months and months and months to take care of Michael Jackson. The people surrounding him have been enabling him. “If you think the case of Anna Nicole Smith was abuse then that is nothing in comparison to what we have been seeing in Michael Jackson’s life. “Michael had appeared at the rehearsals a couple of times. He was very seriously trying to be able to do these rehearsals.

The singer died late last night

“But his use of medications had become in the way and injuries he had sustained performing had got in the way.” A cause of death has not yet been established but detailed toxicology tests are likely to be carried out during his autopsy.MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOLLOWING OK.CO.UK ON TWITTER